December 5, 2009 | On a clear Saturday night, on the cusp of Indonesia’s rainy season, more than 4000 people gathered in a field next to Carnival Beach in Ancol, Jakarta to set the Guinness World Record for the most sky lanterns flown simultaneously.  Together, people young and old, from different backgrounds, countries, and religions came together to light and release over 10,000 illuminated sky lanterns into the night sky.  Together they watched in amazement as the lanterns gently drifted upward as part of Freedom Faithnet Global’s Annual Freedom Celebration.

While the majestic sight was visible for miles around, its impact on both participants and viewers alike was felt more deeply.  Freedom Faithnet organized the release as a “symbol of hope and prayer,”   and according to event chairman W.S. Yong, the release was intended to inspire people all around the world to believe that anything is possible.

It’s no surprise that sky lanterns were chosen as the keystone of this event, as they have a long and regal history as carriers of our hopes and dreams.  Maybe you’ve seen sky lanterns in movies, or taken part in a release at a special event, or maybe sky lanterns are an important part of your cultural heritage.  Whatever the case maybe be, few people would argue the beauty, solemnity, and joy of participating in or watching a sky lantern release.

Sky Lanterns: History and Tradition

Sky Lanterns, historically known as Khoom Fay or Khom Fai (‘Fire Lantern,’ Chinese;Thai), are a traditional part of Asian and Thai culture dating back to 300 AD. They were first made of oiled rice paper stretched over a bamboo frame and fueled by a small candle.  The candle heated the air inside the lantern’s skin, making the trapped air less dense than the cooler surrounding air and thereby causing the lantern to rise.

While some historians disagree, folklore credits the invention of the first sky lantern to revered Chinese military strategist Zhuge Liang.  Zhunge Liang’s reverent term of address was Kongming, which is why sky lanterns are sometimes called Kongming Lanterns, even today.  The shape of the first sky lanterns were also thought to resemble the shape of Kongming’s favored hat.

In 3rd century China, the first sky lanterns were used as signaling devices in the military battles of the Warring States period.  Soldiers would light them and send them drifting up into the sky, where they were visible to distant compatriots.  This was a remarkable bit of ingenuity, especially when you consider that the idea was not duplicated in the Western world until the 17th century.

Traditional and Modern Beliefs

Although originally intended for military use, sky lanterns became a revered part of festivals, prayers, and celebrations throughout Asia in peaceful times.  Thailand in particular uses lanterns in many rituals.  For example, giving a sky lantern to a monk was believed to bring good luck because the lantern would light the path to wisdom and knowledge.  They were also commonly thought to convey people’s hopes and dreams heavenward.  The longer and higher a sky lantern floated, the better the luck the giver believed he would receive.

Releasing a sky lantern was also credited with carrying away burdens into the hands of the gods or God.  It’s not hard to understand why.  Standing in the dark, watching a single light or sea of beautifully flickering lights rise hopefully into the night sky can bring a profound sense of hopefulness and serenity to those watching below.

In Asia, sky lanterns are a long-standing part of celebrations, and often accompanied fireworks displays.  For example, at the Yi Peng (full moon) Festival in Thailand’s Chiang Mai municipality, revelers gather each year during the full moon of the 12th lunar month to release their lanterns as offerings to Buddha, and to set aloft the old year’s fears and worries.  Describing this event, journalist John Le Fevre writes, “Day and night the percussion of constantly exploding fireworks echo overhead as Chiang Mai celebrates the largest annual festival held in Thailand – Loi Krathong (floating raft) – and the traditional Chiang Mai Yi Peng (Festival of Lights).”

In Taipai, the annual Pingxi Sky Lantern Festival sees streets packed with people enjoying food from street vendors, music, and peaceful camaraderie.  The event is a massive display of community and optimism, where those gathered write their wishes and dreams on the outside of their lanterns before letting them go.  This tradition in Pingxi dates back to the Ching Dynasty, when villages often suffered raids from bands of roaming marauders.  These raids, according to town elders, drove ancient villagers up into the mountains seeking refuge.  After the raiders left, lanterns were released by village watchmen as a means to signal that it was once again safe for villagers to return home.

Also held in Pingxi was the February, 2005 “Light of Peace, City of Hope” event, which sought to commemorate the great 2004 tsunami.  Every twenty minutes, several hundred lanterns were set aloft from the playground of Pingxi’s local middle school.  The Taipai Times reports that the event was attended by Premier Frank Hsieh, who is quoted as saying, “I saw from the window of my car hundreds of lanterns floating in the dark skies.  They are like stars.  Suddenly my heart was filled with warmth and joy.”    So famous are the Taiwanese lantern festivals, they were documented in an episode of The Discovery Channel’s series Fantastic Festivals of the World.

Choosing Sky Lanterns for Your Special Event

Historically, sky lanterns have been an important part of Asian weddings, and this tradition still holds today.  But even in Western cultures, these illuminated symbols of hope and gratitude perfectly capture the spirit of a wedding, along with the hope newlyweds feel as they begin their new journey as man and wife.  If there is one thing that will make your special day even more memorable, it’s the sight of dozens of sky lanterns floating up toward the heavens, released by the people you care most about.

While especially suited to weddings, sky lanterns can be great way to mark almost any special occasion.  Think of sending up one white lantern to welcome your newborn into this world, or sending up two complimentary lanterns to commemorate an engagement party.  If you have a parent approaching a milestone birthday, sky lanterns can be the perfect way to commemorate the joy and solemnity of the event.  Imagine lighting a sea of seventy-five brightly-colored lanterns on your father’s 75th birthday—one in thanks for and celebration of each treasured year.  Then imagine watching them lift gently up into sky.  What present or ritual could better commemorate the date?

A  lantern release would also be a great way both to celebrate and bring attention to your business opening, or send a new graduate off into the world.  Sky lanterns can be a special way to commemorate any rite of passage—even New Year’s Eve.  Whether you’re thankful for what’s come before, or hopeful about what’s on the horizon, a sky lantern can make a special event more memorable for your family, loved ones, and guests.

Sky Lantern Design

Modern sky lanterns share their same basic design with the first sky lanterns made almost 2000 years ago.  They’re essentially hot air balloons which trap hot hair.  Heating air lowers its density, making it lighter than the air outside the balloon, which makes a lantern rise.

All sky lanterns are at least slightly smaller at the base than at the top to help them rise.  The sides of a sky lantern, known as gores, were originally made of oiled rice paper stretched over a bamboo frame in which a candle was hung.  Candles were later replaced with a folded or rolled waxy combustible fuel cell suspended in the middle of the lantern’s lower rim.

While some modern lanterns are still made this way, the best models are eco-friendly and made of biodegradable, flame-retardant materials like treated rice or mulberry paper, reclaimed bamboo, and reclaimed wax fuel cells.  The sides of a flame-retardant sky lantern are designed to char instead of ignite, making them much safer than traditional non-treated rice paper lanterns or cheaper models made from inferior products.  Biodegradable models contain no wires and little or no other materials harmful to the earth.

Sky Lantern Shapes, Styles, and Colours.

Today’s sky lanterns are available in a seemingly endless variety of shapes, sizes, and colors.  Shapes available include but are not limited to traditional hat-shaped designs, cylindrical lanterns, novelty shapes like footballs, hearts, or soccer balls, and cubes.  Lanterns can also range in size from very small, to traditional (90cm x 55cm x 55cm), to large and even jumbo-sized models.

Lanterns also come in every color of the rainbow.  Best Sky Lanterns, one of the UK’s largest and most respected online sky lantern vendors, sells individual lanterns and lantern packages in white, orange, red, yellow, blue, purple, and plum red.

Keep in mind that buying an eco lantern doesn’t mean you have to limit your choices.  Reputable and safe vendors offer biodegradable lanterns in every shape, size and color.

Buying Sky Lanterns Online

If you’ve fallen in love with the beauty and majesty of sky lanterns and you’ve decided they would be perfect for your special event, you’ll find that shopping online makes the process simple and convenient.  Choose a reputable website, like Best Sky Lanterns, with a large selection of attractive, safe and eco-friendly lanterns, and then browse around the website to get an idea of the shapes, styles, and colors available.  A recommended vendor like Best Sky Lanterns will also often offer fast and free shipping.

Obviously, the type of lantern or lanterns you choose will depend on the type of event you’re planning.  For a traditional Asian wedding, you might choose a traditionally shaped lantern in black, white or red.  For a birthday party, you might want an economical package including many different sizes and colors.  Nowadays, you can even find specialty lanterns shaped like footballs or soccer balls for sporting events, lanterns painted with smiley faces for parties, and even jack-o’-lantern-faced balloons for Halloween.  Browsing online stores will spark your imagination, and you should have no problem finding a sky lantern perfect for your event.

Finally, while you’re shopping for a sky lantern, keep in mind these two key points:

•    Your lantern will ultimately land—and often miles away where it was launched.  Consider a biodegradable eco lantern that will degrade naturally and without harming the earth, especially if you’re launching more than a single or small group of lanterns.

•    Sky lanterns contain open flames.  You want a lantern that will be safe, which means you want a lantern made of fire-retardant materials, and one with a non-drip fuel cell.

While price is always a consideration when weighing a purchase, price should not be the most important factor in choosing a sky lantern.  Beware of cheap, overseas vendors selling sub-standard products.  For instance, paper lanterns coated after production are less effective at reducing flammability than lanterns made of specially designed flame-retardant materials.  Coatings can wear off over time, especially when lanterns have been sitting for long periods of time on a factory floor, or have been stored improperly during shipping.

Cheaper lanterns not only compromise on safety, they also compromise on quality.  Thinner paper is more likely to tear, rendering a sky lantern unable to fly.  Cheaply designed fuel cells can be difficult to light, and may burn out more quickly than better quality materials, meaning that your lantern won’t soar as high or as far into the sky.

Investing in a good quality lantern from a trustworthy and established company may cost a little more, but may also mean the difference between a special night that you and your guests will never forget, or disappointment and embarrassment if your lantern won’t light or fly.  The consequences can be even worse if you compromise on safety.

Launching your Sky Lantern: Safety Considerations

Sky lanterns are safe to use as long as you keep in mind a few simple but important guidelines:

•    Choose a fire-retardant sky lantern.  It bears repeating:  A good sky lantern is made of fire-resistant materials and has a non-drip fuel cell to reduce the chance of the lantern burning in flight or lighting a fire on the ground when it lands.  While safety-related problems with sky lanterns are rare, paying a little bit more for a good quality lantern can avoid tragedy and improve your peace of mind related to your event.

•    Choose an appropriate place for your launch.  The best places to release sky lanterns are in open fields or beaches.  Never release sky lanterns within five miles on an airport, near roads, dry fields, trees, or power lines.  Avoid launching lanterns where they may be misconstrued as a distress signal.  If you’re launching a number of lanterns near the coast, you may want to alert authorities beforehand to avoid costly or embarrassing misunderstandings.

•    Weather & Wind.  Lanterns fly best in clear, calm weather.  Light rain is not optimal, but lanterns will not fly during heavy rains.  Check with a reputable weather source to determine wind speed and direction before launch.  Lanterns should not be released in winds greater than five miles per hour because their course may become unpredictable, sending them into trees or other obstacles.  Higher winds also increase the chance of a lantern coming down while still lit.  Double check your lantern’s flight path based on wind direction to be sure there are no dangerous obstacles in its path.

•    Basic Precautions.  Always keep a fire extinguisher or supply of water within easy reach during your launch.  Don’t launch a lantern if you’re under the influence of drugs or alcohol, and don’t smoke during a launch.

•    Clothing and Hair.  Be mindful of your clothing and hair when working with a sky lantern’s open flame.  Choose clothing that fits tight to the body—no loose, flowing sleeves or scarves—and be sure long hair is safely tied back and kept away from the flame.

•    Adult Supervision.   Children love sky lanterns, but they should never be allowed to launch a lantern without close adult supervision.

Launching your Sky Lantern: Detailed Instructions

Despite their delicate and graceful appearance, launching a sky lantern is easy, even for first time users.  Below are five easy steps to a safe and successful launch:

1.    Remove the lantern from is wrapper and familiarize yourself with its design.  Then grip it by the bottom ring, and swing it around to expand it to its full size.  Never try to light a lantern that’s not fully expanded.

2.    If you have someone to help you, have one person hold the lantern upright—avoiding any flapping over or folds—while the other person lights the fuel cell.  If you’re alone, hold the lantern sideways with any excess material held away from the fuel cell, then light the lantern quickly and flip it upright once the lantern has begun to expand with hot air.

3.    Hold the lantern with two hands while it continues to heat up.  This will take anywhere from 30 to 90 seconds depending on the size and shape of the lantern and weather conditions.  Continue safely holding the lantern upright until it is completely filled and expanded with hot air.

4.    When the lantern is ready for release, its sides will be hot to the touch and you will feel the lantern begin to tug away, wanting to rise.

5.    Look around for any final obstacles, then simply let go and watch as your lantern takes flight!

If it seems like launching a sky lantern is simple, that’s because it is.  Elegant, inexpensive, and easy to use, sky lanterns have been with us for a thousand years, and likely will be with us for thousands more.  In a troubled world struggling for hope, sky lanterns provide a tangible connection to both out futures and our past.<h1>IB</h1>

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Recently my son turned 21, and was heading to the police academy. He had always said, even as young as age three,  that he wanted to be a police officer. It must be something in the genes, for his grandfather, and great grandfather were both police officers.

At age nine, we enrolled him in a new program funded by our local police department, called police explorers. This program was designed to teach young children all aspects of becoming a police officer. To show them some of the things that the police deal with on a daily basis.

He loved the program and was enrolled in it all throughout his school education. As a senior, he became a police supervisor for the police explorers, and helped direct and organize events for the other children in the program. They do a lot of public service work like directing traffic, park cars at large events etc. They have the full backing of the police force in case of an incident.

This has played an integral role in his life, and now that he was heading to the police academy. I wanted to make sure we had an extra special birthday party for him. I decided to have the party at a friends house who had a large house, and plenty of other events for the guys to do like swimming, horse shoes and volleyball. I saw an ad on how to make your own sky lanterns.

I decided to check it out, and was pleased with how easy they were to make and that I could paint them, or design them in variety of different ways. I ended up buying wish sky lanterns these were a great sky lantern. They also added the extra touch of being wishing sky lanterns.

The party was a week away, so I made sure I got my order with same day delivery. I started building them right away. It took about three days to get them all put together and painted. I painted them all dark blue, and painted a police badge on each one. The day before the party I took them all over to my friends house to make sure they were a total surprise to my son.

The day of the party everything went great, and all the guys were having fun. Later in the afternoon we sang happy birthday to my son.  Shortly after, me and my friend launched all the sky lanterns and there was big cheer, and my son was visibly touched by the gesture. I gave him a big old hug and told him how proud I was of him. and knew he was going to do great in the police academy.

It was a great moment that I will always treasure. If you are trying to think of a great way to make your next party special, I suggest you try learning how to make a sky lanterns. It’s easy and affordable, and will definitely make your party much more memorable.

Disappointed with my wife’s last year birthday party, this year I was thinking of something more memorable.

Don’t get me wrong last year’s party was O.K.,  we sang the birthday song, cut the cake, a barbecue and a swim in the pool. A standard celebration, but nothing to mark it as a memorable event. I was messing around on the computer one day and I ran across a sky lantern festival. It was a very impressive video.

They showed the launching of these khoom fay sky lanterns. It was beautiful and very serene to watch. I decided to check out sites on making a sky lantern. It wasn’t too difficult so I decided to buy a kit so I could make a sky lantern. After learning the  sky lanterns how to. I decided I would buy Chinese sky lanterns. These were the perfect sky lanterns to buy for my wife’s birthday party.

My wife was turning 40, I bought 40 of the sky lanterns and started building them in my work room. By the day of the party, I had them all ready and couldn’t wait for the party to start. I planned a bit differently this year, we had a barbecue, swim party, cut the cake and served coffee. Then I suggested a bonfire in the backyard and everyone liked that idea.

While my wife and the guests sat around the warm fire, me and a friend started bringing out the sky lanterns to the front of the house. After we got them all ready, I told my son to tell my wife to keep her eyes on the house.

My friend and I launched the sky lanterns. It was an awesome sight for me and my friend and I’m sure it was even more beautiful to watch from the backyard to watch these lanterns slowly rise into the air. After we launched the last one’s, I went back to see my wife.

She was in tears in the backyard and said, “It was the most beautiful thing I have ever seen”. I was very happy and explained to her that there were forty to mark her very special birthday. She claimed it was the best birthday she ever had. This must have been the best idea for a birthday party I ever had and I would suggest others try these sky lanterns for their next birthday celebration.

My son recently turned sixteen. We wanted to have a big birthday party for him and his friends. The party was held at our house, and we had a couple of surprises for him. The party started at 6 pm., the guests started arriving.

I had the party set up in the basement, that way they could have as much fun and play their music as loud as they wanted. There was a total of a about thirty kids and the party was going great. That’s when I decided to get my little surprise ready for him.

I discreetly got a hold of a couple of my sons friends and told them to meet me in the backyard behind the garage. They showed up promptly and we got to work. Me and the boys quickly got the lantern display ready.

I was late ordering the sky lanterns but was relieved to find out that I could have sky lanterns next day delivery. What a relief. At any rate back to the story, everything was set and I told my son to come upstairs with all his friends, that I had a surprise for him. Once my son was outside, I told the boys behind the garage to let them go!

And there was thirty of these beautiful sky lanterns floating over my garage, then I opened the garage, and there was his brand new car! My son and his friends were yelling and hollering so loud the neighbors came outside to see what all the commotion was.

They saw the sky lanterns and all just stood and pointed at them. They later asked me what they were and where I got them. I told them of your website, and they were already planning on ordering some!

My son was so happy and his friends were so excited for him. They all sat in the front yard watching the chinese lanterns in the sky. As things settled down my son took some of his friends for a test drive and the party gradually ended.

The next morning my son and I talked and he was telling me how great his party was, and how much he liked those cool looking lanterns. I thought I would share this story with you all, and thank you for getting me my order so quickly. You guys are great! I cannot tell you how much I appeciate all that you do.

My wife and I recently celebrated our 10 year anniversary. It was a special day for us and we wanted to share it with all of our family and friends. We planned way ahead to make sure we would have plenty of time to organize and entertain all of our guests.

We were married on St. Patrick’s Day and figured we would celebrate our anniversary on the following weekend. I decided to have a barbecue and set up horse shoes. For the evening, we would have a bonfire in the back.

I came up with the idea to buy sky lanterns. I found where to buy sky lanterns, and I purchased some white sky lanterns.  I made sure the sky lanterns next day delivery was shipped. They arrived the next day and I was very excited to include these with our anniversary festivities.

The day of our party arrived and there were a lot of people who came to help us celebrate. The weather was perfect and it was truly a glorious day for our party. The barbecue came out great. Unfortunately my horse shoe game was not so great as I got stomped by all of people my pastor! It was all great fun and we all had a great time talking and reminiscing about the last ten years.

After dinner we got the fire started in the back yard as the temperature dropped significantly after sunset. So there we all were bundled up in coats and blankets and talking while the fire kept us all cozy and warm. I decided it was a good time to get out the sky lanterns, I had another friend help me bring them out to the back garden by the fire.

I told my wife how happy I had been being married to her and I asked her to help me light our night sky lanterns. We lit each one and they slowly drifted away it was a moving sight as these sky lanterns made an awesome spectacle in the starry night sky.

Every one cheered and we were so happy it was the perfect end to our perfect anniversary celebration. If you are planning a anniversary or wedding I would tell you to pick some of these wonderful sky lanterns up they definitely will become the highlight of your celebration and make the whole moment much more memorable.

My mother and father just reached there 50th wedding anniversary. My brothers and sisters coordinated a nice celebration for them on this auspicious day. We decided to hold the party for them at  a small upper class hall.

We invited all the family members to attend, including my parents surviving brothers and sisters. The party was catered, and my sister and brother greeted guests. I more or less mingled. I was in charge of decorating the hall, which I had completed in the morning.

I also bought a book showing how to make Chinese sky lantern about a month before the event. This book was very informative. I bought the materials needed to make a Chinese sky lantern. After about a week or so, I had created 50 of these. I decided I would have all my relatives and my parents launch them after the party. Each one to signify each year they were together.

I also thought of a great idea numbering each one with each year they had been together,   my parents would launch the last one’s. The party was held in a small city, and launching them at the hall seemed a bit risky.

There were a lot of trees and apartments in the area. I figured we could all walk across the street to a park and launch them there. It was  a cold brisk walk, but everybody walked and talked, not really noticing the cold at all. I passed the lanterns I made to all the guests, and we all watched as the lanterns in the sky drifted away.

My mother and father were quite moved,  they said the lanterns floated away just as the years of their marriage had. I’m married and my anniversary is coming up in March. It will be my 5th year anniversary. I’m going to be buying heart shaped sky lanterns this time.  I figure I won’t make them, that way they it will be a surprise on our anniversary.

The heart sky lantern will be a wonderful surprise for my wife. I’m just glad I only have to buy 5 this time. I cannot tell you how many of the relatives commented on how much they liked the sky lanterns, and the symbolics each one meant. I am so glad I thought of the sky lanterns, and I am also grateful to all of you that helped me make my parents wedding anniversary a special one.

I recently was invited to a friends wedding. It was their fifth wedding anniversary and I wanted to give them something special for their anniversary gift. I recently learned how to make a Chinese sky lantern. I decided to make sky lantern set for the anniversary party.

The project wasn’t too expensive and I finished them in about 2 hours. The day of the anniversary celebration I was very excited and couldn’t wait to share them with my friend and his wife. After dinner and some dancing, I asked my friend to meet me out in back of his house for my impromptu  gift to him and his wife. They came out back and I lit my five lanterns off.

As I lit each one I said something profound for each one. They were obviously touched by my gift and invited them to light the last one together. It was a wonderful moment and other guests cheered as the last one slowly floated away. This was the highlight of the party. They both thanked me and asked all sorts of questions about the sky lanterns. This was a great idea and I am going to use them again for the next party I’m invited to.

I was invited to join my son and daughter to their school rally. This is an exciting time for the high school students. This rally is designed to get the high school body fired up with the schools athletics. I knew they had a bon fire night planned and the students were all going to attend. I thought of a great idea to accentuate this exciting event. I thought I’d teach some of students the art of making sky lanterns.
I bought some sky lanterns wholesale. This was a cheaper and more affordable way for me to purchase the sky lanterns. The students really got into building their small sky lanterns. They all were very excited and couldn’t wait to launch them on bonfire night.

The event was scheduled on a Friday night and the weather was going to be perfect for the big event. I must say even I was getting excited and looked forward to the rally. I decided to have my wife and some of the neighbors come to add support and help organize everything. The night of the bonfire there was a huge crowd of students, teachers and parents at the event.

There were also cheerleaders pumping up the crowd with high school cheers and the principal recited a speech about the school and displaying the school pride and being supportive of the all the school teams throughout the year. The crowd was all cheering as they ignited the huge bonfire. Me and the students got our Chinese paper sky lanterns ready to light. We were going to wait until after the bonfire died down a a bit so that everyone could see them and enjoy them.
As things died down a bit I asked the principal to make a short announcement about the sky lanterns. I told the students to think of these lanterns as their goals in life. If they had a fire and passion they could reach all their goals.

A lot of students put their graduation date and the high school name on them. It turned out to be the highlight of the event as the students cheered and watched their sky lanterns float away into the night sky. I thought I’d tell you all about this great event and thank you for all your support. We could not learn how to make a sky lanterns with out you and all your tips.

My family and I were part of a city event for chidren held recently. The idea was to give chidren a safe and fun event for the halloween season. There was a hayride that would pick children, and parents up and take them through the woods.

It would stop at different locations where High school drama students put on a short play. The plays were short childrens tales, like hansel and gretel or little red riding hood. I thought of a grerat way to light the sides of the path at night for the hayride driver. We had bought japanese sky lanterns, and I had the high school kids make chinese sky lanterns after shool.

This was a great addition to the event, and even the event coordinator asked where I had gotten the floating sky lanterns. I had told them I had seen a sky lanterns ebay advertisement.  They were the cheapest sky lanterns I had found, so I thought I would give them a try. He really liked the idea and told me next year, I would recive funding from the city to buy more. He also specifically asked for fiesta sky lanterns.

These colour sky lanterns should really add a bit more excitement and interest more people in town to visit our hayride and gala. I think I should explain how they were used, if someone out there wants to give them a try. We would  tie our flying sky lantern to a small string, around five feet tall, and then tie them to a stake.

This gave the appearance of a ghost or something mysterious the way they floated. Next year we are hoping to have a longer trail, and more spots for the hayride to stop at .I’m thinking about also ordering  mini sky lanterns for their parents to light and release. I will have to check with the city to make sure that the sky lanterns safety check will be approved.

I thought I would tell you about this event, and how your product was such a great addition to our event. I will be ordering more sky lanterns from you and I’m looking forward to continuing to do business with you and your staff. Having the city fund the project means I will be  ordering  the sky lanterns bulk shipments if possible. I’m sure you will be able to handle this order, I will give you all the details as soon as possible.